Salón Mezcalli is a pueblan restaurant in Analco, Puebla.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Manchamanteles con lechón, Mixiote de cordero, Chiles en nogada
Must order: Manchamanteles con lechón, with a Puebla mezcal poured alongside it.
Tip: Analco is a fifteen-minute walk east of the Zocalo, so allow for the crossing if you are coming from the cathedral.
Address: Calle 8 Sur 501, Barrio de Analco, 72505 Puebla
Comal looks straight at Puebla cathedral from 16 de Septiembre, cooking blue-corn chilaquiles, chanclas, pelonas and mole poblano from breakfast to midnight.
Signature: Chilaquiles de maíz azul, Chanclas, Mole poblano
Order: Blue-corn chilaquiles at breakfast, chanclas in guajillo salsa after dark.
Tip: The upstairs tables look straight at the cathedral, and they are the first to go on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Intro is chef Angel Vazquez's international room on Atlixcayotl in Puebla, moving between Moroccan, Thai and French plates and a long breakfast service.
Signature: Mole poblano, Chilaquiles, Chiles en nogada
Order: Breakfast, which starts at 08:30 and is the best value on the menu.
Tip: Intro sits out on Atlixcayotl rather than in the Centro, so budget twenty minutes each way by taxi from the Zocalo.
Attico 303 crowns Hotel Casa Rosa in Puebla with a cathedral-level terrace, pouring cocktails beside Spanish plates and contemporary Pueblan cooking.
Signature: Contemporary Pueblan plates, Spanish tapas
Order: A cocktail on the terrace at sunset, with the cathedral domes at eye level.
Tip: Friday to Sunday the bar runs to 02:00, and weekend reservations are worth making because the terrace is small.
Santoua works a grand Centro building on 2 Sur in Puebla, running Pueblan regional plates and international dishes from a nine-in-the-morning start.
Signature: Pueblan regional plates, Breakfast
Order: Breakfast from nine, before the Centro tour groups reach 2 Sur.
Tip: The dining room is grand enough for an occasion but the nine-in-the-morning start makes it a workable everyday breakfast too.
Mochomos Puebla cooks Sonoran-style beef and seafood in Angelopolis, pouring from a list of more than 120 wine labels beside the carne asada tacos.
Signature: Rib eye, Tacos de carne asada, Camarones aguachile
Order: Carne asada tacos, cut from the same Sonoran beef as the rib eye.
Tip: The cellar runs past 120 labels, which is the deepest wine list in Puebla, and the kitchen serves until 02:00 at weekends.
Antojitos Mellos is the weekend mole and pipian stop in Barrio de los Remedios, Puebla, with pozole and mole de panza on the board the rest of the week.
Signature: Mole poblano, Pipián, Mole de panza
Order: Mole poblano or pipián, but only at the weekend when both are cooked.
Tip: Pozole and mole de panza cover the weekdays; the mole and pipián are Saturday and Sunday only, from one in the afternoon.
